Resolutions don’t work. This year will be different, you are now equipped with experiences and knowledge from the past couple of years that brought forth resilience in you. This year you have a clearer sense of what you want in your life and practicing these habits will be of great help in your growth if commitment is applied.
1. Get Specific
The starting point of your transformation is definiteness of purpose. “Without purpose, people perish”. Start the habit of writing down specific things you want accomplished this 2023. If you want to get in shape be specific on how much weight you wanna lose, if you want to be an early riser, set a time, if you wanna accumulate money, write down the specific amount. What you measure and record grows exponentially. So practice writing things down and committing to it. Here is a good framework for you. 1 goal = 90 days, 2-3 actions = 1day, 10 minutes each action. You are the designer of your life so we are free to set our own goals. Just make sure that these are intrinsically motivated rather than extrinsic, meaning you are you are motivated in accomplishing such goals from the inside and not on the outside. This is the year you put your blinders on and get focused on yourself and will not be affected by people around you.
2. Delay Intake Of Caffeine
Upon waking, rehydrate and sit still for 5 minutes. Wait at least 90 mins before consuming caffeine. When you wake up Cortisol spikes up and peaks for about 2 hours and gradually declines. Cortisol is important because it is responsible for blood sugar regulation, metabolism and alertness. Caffeine works by blocking Adenosine which causes drowsiness. When we increase caffeine while cortisol is peaking it dilutes its potency, we end up being more dependent on caffeine rather than our naturally produced hormone cortisol. Delaying consumption of caffeine will be effective in managing your energy, preventing sooner crashes within the day. Find out more. Here: https://hubermanlab.com/using-caffeine-to-optimize-mental-and-physical-performance/
3. Practice A Morning Routine
Pick a framework that works for you. Here are some helpful tips. Your morning routine starts the night before. So before going to bed, get clear on what time you wanna wake up. This imprints the Sub conscious mind and you will be surprised on how you will naturally wake up at the time you decided the night before. Pray or connect to higher power for 3 minutes. Do what suits you, it can be just silence noticing the breath, or praying to Lord God, what have you, this is the time you connect to a higher power, just knowing that there is a higher order going on and you are just a part of it helps all through out the day. This doesn’t need to be a whole mass, it can just be 1-3 minutes of sincere connection. If you give 5 minutes of your time in the morning for that higher power, the rest of your day will be guided. Next is hydrate, maybe instead of coffee, drink an electric of water, apple cider vinegar, pink salt, ginger, turmeric, lemon pepper. Change environment, get vitamin D from the sun, get sun in your system. Walk around the block, ground to the earth, look up to the sky and become one with its vastness. Plan your key actions within the day and a lot time in finishing them. Block your time and make sure you insert some movement snacks instead of junk food.
4. Memorize Affirmation
Affirmations are statements of Truths. Repeatedly internalized and felt will have a tremendous effect on your external world. The sub conscious mind doesn’t choose, it just accepts what the conscious mind believes to be true. And we all know the Subconscious mind brings forth in your life things that can’t be explained logically. Learn more of this through the Power of the Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy. So affirm only the good. One of my favorites and most simplistic ones are. “I am grateful and happy now that I am healthy in mind body and spirit”. “This is my day, I accept complete responsibility for my life for I know that I am power”. “Out of this situation only good can come, everything works out for the best and I’am safe”. Feel free to write what works for you. Make sure that you affirm life, abundance, strength and the well being of all. Memorize one that you can recite while in line at the grocery or stuck in traffic or anytime you get impatient.
5. Learn The Skill of Savoring
One of my favorite books is titled “Where ever you go, There you are”. Savoring the moment is being completely here in the present moment. Step back from your mind’s chattering and just sit. Notice how immense the energy around you is. Notice how you are connected and at one with this energy. Notice and appreciate where you are in your life and the completeness of just this.
6. Commit To Seeing The Beauty
It is not the thing that we are looking at, it is how we look at that thing. How you look at things becomes your reality. There is always a positive side to everything. Make this commitment and always remind yourself that whenever I catch my habit of criticizing, immediately switch to the thought there is something beautiful here that I am missing. What is this situation trying to teach me? Maybe this time I am willing to learn. Look into the law of Polarity.
7. Learn To Cook
One of the greatest joys in life is to cook up a nourishing meal. Learn how to cook here https://www.makepurethyheart.com. Your kitchen can be a place of mindfulness and creativity. Keep your kitchen in order and practice cooking simple tasty meals and provide joy to yourself and people around you.
8. Stretch
A mind that has been stretched to a certain extent cannot turn back to its original form. Stretch not only your body but the mind. There is a thing called neuro plasticity where in you expand your capabilities and turn into a person that you are ought to be. Your full potential, your future self now. Keep an open mind on what you can be. Have a plan and stretch out your being. You will be surprised if you stay consistent.
9. Learn to Deliberately Calm Down
Easily access joy. Learning how the mind works and how to react to its nature is the key. Find the tool that works for you, it can be deep breaths, practicing mindfulness, exercise. If you approach complexities in your mind and surroundings with an intention of groundedness and harmony, you will get to know Joy, peace love and acceptance with what is. Become more intentional in the quality of your presence, welcome every thought with no judgement. You are more bewildered than clever.
10. Listen Better
When in a social gathering, meet someone new and be genuinely interested in the person rather than being clever. In listening you enter a new world of information that opens up creativity and collaboration. Let the other person shine and be ready to be surprised that this particular meeting has a rippling effect. Incorporating ideas make a powerful force. Try to get used to focusing your attention to what you do not know yet. Paradoxi right? But that’s how new things come to be. So get used to the unknown and listen more and better.
